Type Inheritance
Nov 27, 2004Hi is it possible to implement type inheritance in SQL server? and is it also possible to define user defined types's operators/functions in a level lower than SQL?
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Table Inheritance In SQL
Apr 11, 2008First of all I apologise if this is a dumb question. I am from a object-orientated background and am trying to convert a legacy application to have an SQL backend. My SQL knowledge is fairly basic...
I have an application where I am trying to maintain a list of recipies that are composed of base ingredients.
No problem so far two tables Ingredients and a Recipie table coupled with another table Element which maintains the many-to-many relationship.
Ingredients
ID (PK)
Name
Cost
Recipie
ID (PK)
Name
Element
ID (PK) <-- maybe not necessary
RecipieFK <-- the recipie this element belongs to
Amount <-- the amount of the ingredient used (e.g. 200g)
IngredientFK <-- the ingredient that makes up this element
My problem comes because Recipies can also form part of other recipies, for example the White Sauce is composed of
Milk (ingrediant)
Flour (ingrediant)
Butter (ingrediant)
However a lasagne is composed of
Minced Beef (ingrediant)
Tomatoes (ingrediant)
Lasagne Pasta (ingrediant)
Onions (ingrediant)
Basil (ingrediant)
White Sauce (recipie)
In a OO environment this is simple, I have a base class Ingredient and a Recipie class derives from Ingredient. Each Recipie contains a list of Ingredients that make up the dish. As Recipie derives from Ingredient that list of ingredients can include other recipies.
The best SQL I've come up with so far is changing the Element table to be
ID (PK) <-- maybe not necessary
RecipieFK <-- the recipie this element belongs to
Amount <-- the amount of the ingredient used (e.g. 200g)
IngredientFK <-- an ingredient that makes up this element (can be NULL)
ComplexIngredientFK <-- a recipie that makes up this element (can be NULL)
And to insist that one of IngredientFK or ComplexIngredientFK must be NULL and the other cannot be. This bothers me because it doesn't feel right. There's redundancy built into this design, you'd have to use tiggers to wipe one FK if the other was specified and it is crying out for a more elegant solution, but so far I have drawn a blank.
Can anyone suggest a more appropriate schema!
Thanks in advance
Paul
Table Inheritance
Mar 7, 2006Hi, I am running SQL SERVER 2005 Enterprise Edition under Windows 2003 server. I would like to use table hierarchies (inheritance) in SQL 2k5 just as we do it in informix,PosgresSQL and other databases. Can we do the same in SQL 2k5 also? If yes, then how?
Thanks
Table Inheritance In SQL ?
Sep 3, 2006Is there a table inheritance in SQL ?
I need to make two tables which are identical :
1. Recharcheable battery
2. Primery Battery
Is there a way to make a 'Battery' Table and create the 1 and 2 tables with inheritance in a way that when i change a field from smallint to int in the Battery Table , The same fields in the 1 and 2 tables will be replaced too?
(I work with SQL Server 2005)
thanks.
Inheritance Advice In A Database...
Jul 20, 2005hi folks,i'm puzzled over this one, anyone with some solid db experience might beable to enlighten me here.i'm modelling a file system in a database as follows, and i can't figure outto cleanly implement an inheritance mechanism.i have a hierarchy of folders in an sql table. every folder has aparentFolderID, if this value is 0 then it means it's a root folder.then, in a 'files' table, every file has a parentFolderID to give it alocation in the structure. fairly basic.the hard part is that each file record has an attribute 'STYLE' that can beexplicitly specified, or inherited from it's parent folder, or it's parentsparent folder, or.. all the way back to the root.the 2 ways i've come up with representing it are:1) if the style is being inherited, enter a null value in the STYLE field.then to figure out what style applies to a file or folder, i trace backthrough it's parentFolderID records until i find a style attribute that isnot null.the good thing about this is that if i change the style that is applied tothe entire filesystem, it only takes one update.the bad thing is when i want to figure out what style applies to a file, ihave to traverse back through possibly several records to locate the folderthat actually specifies the style being inherited by the file.2) explicitly state all style values in each record.this is good for accessing the style of a file or folder because you get itstraight out first time from the db.the bad thing is if i update the entire file system, i might have severalhundred / thousand update sql statements to execute to update all the valuesin every folder and every file. nasty!thanks for any help, i'm really stumped with this and i'm thinking theremust be a more elegant way to implement inheritance.thankstim
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Does SQL Server 2000 Implements Inheritance
Jul 14, 2006Hey ,
I would like to kow how to implemented inherintance in SQL 2000.
I Have create one Employee super class and want Inherit it's attribute to subclass supervisor and Safety_officer.
Please help me
Thank tou.
Looking forward for your kind Help
Sarasahg
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Dec 12, 2007
i have two table. i want to create a veiw for display data which in both table(parent class table and a child class)
how can i do?
Implementing Inheritance For Hierarchical Data
Oct 12, 2007
Hi,
in my application, the data is in hierarchical format. there is a tree with set of nodes having parent child relationships. this data can be stored either through adjacency or nested set model approach. this is fine. but the issue here is that each child node inherits the properties of its parent node, parent's parent node and so on until the root node. lets say root node has two attributes A1 and A2 and they are stored in two columns in a table. but its child nodes inherits this data from its parent and it has its own extra attributes. so should I copy parent's data for the child node as two additional columns? the problem is that there are around 15 levels in the tree and the attribute list grows from top to bottom in the tree. lets say I need to find all the attributes for a leaf node in the tree (both direct and inherited), if I am not storing the inherited attributes for each node, then I need to walk-up the tree and find all the inherited attributes. there are around 30K nodes and each node has around ten attributes. xml is not option because of large volumes of data and auditing and reporting on individual nodes. what is the best way to store this type of data? my current approach is to have an attribute table having nodeid as a foreign key and only store the direct and NOT the inherited attributes of the node in the table, but this means to find all the attributes for the node, I need to gather the attributes of all the parents until the root node. I can't see any easy way out for this.
Inheritance Of Security Role In Folder Structure Of Reports
May 16, 2007Hi,
I have a folder structure of reports like this
Home
|
/
A B
Now, suppose I have created this folder, A first and user, say A_User is given permission to view this folder. I am expecting this user to browse from 'Home' to A folder but as you know to browse folder 'Home' he must also be added to 'Home' folder . So I add him to 'Home' now.
The problem comes when I add new folder B, for user B_User. The moment I add this folder A_User is also added to folder B because of the inheritance of users to child folders.
So user A is able to see both A and B folder....and thats my problem, he is supposed to only A folder and not B
Is there any way to disable this inheritance feature ??
I tried deleting A_User from B with a script using "InheritParentSecurity" method of ReportingService but it says that it can not delete inherited users.
How can I fix the problem ? without need to manually delete users from folders ??/
thanks
prashant
Incorrect Syntax Near 'm'. An Expression Of Non-boolean Type Specified In A Context Where A Condition Is Expected, Near 'type'
Jun 3, 2008This is nutty. I never got this error on my local machine. The only lower case m in the sql is by near the variable Ratingsum like in line 59.
[SqlException (0x80131904): Incorrect syntax near 'm'.An expression of non-boolean type specified in a context where a condition is expected, near 'type'.] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +925466 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) +800118 System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +186 System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +1932 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async) +196 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe) +269 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() +135 view_full_article.btnRating_Click(Object Src, EventArgs E) +565 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +105 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +107 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +7 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +33 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1746</pre></code>
Here is my button click sub in its entirety:
1 Sub btnRating_Click(ByVal Src As Object, ByVal E As EventArgs)
2 'Variable declarations...
3 Dim articleid As Integer
4 articleid = Request.QueryString("aid")
5 Dim strSelectQuery, strInsertQuery As String
6 Dim strCon As String
7 Dim conMyConnection As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection()
8 Dim cmdMyCommand As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand()
9 Dim dtrMyDataReader As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader
10 Dim MyHttpAppObject As System.Web.HttpContext = _
11 System.Web.HttpContext.Current
12 Dim strRemoteAddress As String
13 Dim intSelectedRating, intCount As Integer
14 Dim Ratingvalues As Decimal
15 Dim Ratingnums As Decimal
16 Dim Stars As Decimal
17 Dim Comments As String
18 Dim active As Boolean = False
19 Me.lblRating.Text = ""
20 'Get the user's ip address and cast its type to string...
21 strRemoteAddress = CStr(MyHttpAppObject.Request.UserHostAddress)
22 'Build the query string. This time check to see if IP address has already rated this ID.
23 strSelectQuery = "SELECT COUNT(*) As RatingCount "
24 strSelectQuery += "FROM tblArticleRating WHERE Itemid=" & articleid
25 strSelectQuery += " AND ip = '" & strRemoteAddress & "'"
26 'Open the connection, and execute the query...
27 strCon = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("sqlConnectionString").ConnectionString
28 conMyConnection.ConnectionString = strCon
29 conMyConnection.Open()
30 cmdMyCommand.Connection = conMyConnection
31 cmdMyCommand.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.Text
32 cmdMyCommand.CommandText = strSelectQuery
33 intCount = cmdMyCommand.ExecuteScalar()
34 intSelectedRating = Int(Me.rbRating.Text)
35 conMyConnection.Close()
36 'Close the connection to release these resources...
37
38 If intCount = 0 Then 'The user hasn't rated the article
39 'before, so perform the insert...
40 strInsertQuery = "INSERT INTO tblArticleRating (rating, ip, itemID, comment, active) "
41 strInsertQuery += "VALUES ("
42 strInsertQuery += intSelectedRating & ", '"
43 strInsertQuery += strRemoteAddress & "', "
44 strInsertQuery += articleid & ", '"
45 strInsertQuery += comment.Text & "', '"
46 strInsertQuery += active & "'); "
47 cmdMyCommand.CommandText = strInsertQuery
48 conMyConnection.Open()
49 cmdMyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
50 conMyConnection.Close()
51 Me.lblRating.Text = "Thanks for your vote!"
52 Comments = comment.Text.ToString
53
54 If Len(Comments) > 0 Then
55 emailadmin(comment.Text, articleid)
56 End If
57 'now update the article db for the two values but first get the correct ratings for the article
58 strSelectQuery = _
59 "SELECT SUM(rating) As RatingSum, COUNT(*) As RatingCount "
60 strSelectQuery += "FROM tblArticleRating WHERE Itemid=" & articleid
61 conMyConnection.Open()
62 cmdMyCommand.CommandText = strSelectQuery
63 dtrMyDataReader = cmdMyCommand.ExecuteReader()
64 dtrMyDataReader.Read()
65 Ratingvalues = Convert.ToDecimal(dtrMyDataReader("RatingSum").ToString)
66 Ratingnums = Convert.ToDecimal(dtrMyDataReader("RatingCount").ToString)
67 Stars = Ratingvalues / Ratingnums
68 conMyConnection.Close()
69 'Response.Write("Values: " & Ratingvalues)
70 'Response.Write("Votes: " & Ratingnums)
71
72 UpdateRating(articleid, Stars, Ratingnums)
73 Else 'The user has rated the article before, so display a message...
74 Me.lblRating.Text = "You've already rated this article"
75 End If
76 strSelectQuery = _
77 "SELECT SUM(rating) As RatingSum, COUNT(*) As RatingCount "
78 strSelectQuery += "FROM tblArticleRating WHERE Itemid=" & articleid
79 conMyConnection.Open()
80 cmdMyCommand.CommandText = strSelectQuery
81 dtrMyDataReader = cmdMyCommand.ExecuteReader()
82 dtrMyDataReader.Read()
83 Ratingvalues = Convert.ToDecimal(dtrMyDataReader("RatingSum").ToString)
84 Ratingnums = Convert.ToDecimal(dtrMyDataReader("RatingCount").ToString)
85 Stars = Ratingvalues / Ratingnums
86 If (Ratingnums = 1) And (Stars <= 1) Then
87 lblRatingCount.Text =" (" & (String.Format("{0:f2}", Stars)) & ") / " & dtrMyDataReader("RatingCount") & " Vote"
88 ElseIf (Ratingnums = 1) And (Stars > 1) Then
89 lblRatingCount.Text = " (" & (String.Format("{0:f2}", Stars)) & ") / " & dtrMyDataReader("RatingCount") & " Vote"
90 ElseIf (Ratingnums > 1) And (Stars <= 1) Then
91 lblRatingCount.Text =" (" & (String.Format("{0:f2}", Stars)) & ") / " & dtrMyDataReader("RatingCount") & " Votes"
92 ElseIf (Ratingnums > 1) And (Stars > 1) Then
93 lblRatingCount.Text = " (" & (String.Format("{0:f2}", Stars)) & ") / " & dtrMyDataReader("RatingCount") & " Votes"
94 End If
95
96 'Response.Write(String.Format("{0:f2}", Stars))
97 'Response.Write("Values: " & Ratingvalues)
98 'Response.Write("Votes: " & Ratingnums)
99 If (Stars > 0) And (Stars <= 0.5) Then
100 Me.Rating.ImageUrl ="./images/rating/05star.gif"
101 ElseIf (Stars > 0.5) And (Stars < 1.0) Then
102 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/05star.gif"
103 ElseIf (Stars >= 1.0) And (Stars < 1.5) Then
104 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/1star.gif"
105 ElseIf (Stars >= 1.5) And (Stars < 2.0) Then
106 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/15star.gif"
107 ElseIf (Stars >= 2.0) And (Stars < 2.5) Then
108 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/2star.gif"
109 ElseIf (Stars >= 2.5) And (Stars < 3.0) Then
110 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/25star.gif"
111 ElseIf (Stars >= 3.0) And (Stars < 3.5) Then
112 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/3star.gif"
113 ElseIf (Stars >= 3.5) And (Stars < 4.0) Then
114 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/35star.gif"
115 ElseIf (Stars >= 4.0) And (Stars < 4.5) Then
116 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/4star.gif"
117 ElseIf (Stars >= 4.5) And (Stars < 5.0) Then
118 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/45star.gif"
119 ElseIf (Stars >= 4.5) And (Stars <= 5.0) Then
120 Me.Rating.ImageUrl = "./images/rating/5star.gif"
121 End If
122 dtrMyDataReader.Close()
123 conMyConnection.Close()
124 End Sub
If you want to reduplicate the error, click over here and try to submit a rating:
http://www.link-exchangers.com/view_full_article.aspx?aid=51
Thanks for helping me figure this out.
Float Type Steals My Decimal Points And Money Type Kills My Query
Mar 28, 2008Happy Friday!
A while since I have posted a question, and this one is probably real easy.
I am trying to store numeric values from a php form in MSSQL 2000 database. However, the columns are set to float and if the value is 1.00, when entered into the table it is saved as 1
If I change the column type to money, the query fails, with an error message of conversion of datatype varchar to datatype money statement terminated.
anybody know what I need to do? do I need to do something in my query to specify that this is NOT varchar data?
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Dec 14, 2007I like to define my procedure parameter type to match a referenced table colum type,
similar to PL/SQL "table.column%type" notation.
That way, when the table column is changes, I would not have to change my stored proc.
Any suggestion?
Sqlbulkcopy Error : The Given Value Of Type SqlDecimal From The Data Source Cannot Be Converted To Type Decimal Of The Specified
Apr 16, 2008Hi,
The table in SQL has column Availability Decimal (8,8)
Code in c# using sqlbulkcopy trying to insert values like 0.0000, 0.9999, 29.999 into the field Availability
we tried the datatype float , but it is converting values to scientific expressions€¦(eg: 8E-05) and the values displayed in reports are scientifc expressions which is not expected
we need to store values as is
Error:
base {System.SystemException} = {"The given value of type SqlDecimal from the data source cannot be converted to type decimal of the specified target column."}
"System.InvalidOperationException: The given value of type SqlDecimal from the data source cannot be converted to type decimal of the specified target column. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: The given value of type SqlDecimal from the data source cannot be converted to type decimal of the specified target column. ---> System.ArgumentException: Parameter value '1.0000' is out of range.
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ConvertValue(Object value, _SqlMetaData metadata)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ConvertValue(Object value, _SqlMetaData metadata)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServerInternal()
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteRowSourceToServer(Int32 columnCount)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer(DataTable table, DataRowState rowState)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer(DataTable table)
at MS.Internal.MS
COM.AggregateRealTimeDataToSQL.SqlHelper.InsertDataIntoAppServerAvailPerMinute(String data, String appName, Int32 dateID, Int32 timeID) in C:\VSTS\MXPS Shared Services\RealTimeMonitoring\AggregateRealTimeDataToSQL\SQLHelper.cs:line 269"
Code in C#
SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SqlBulkCopy(sqlConnection, SqlBulkCopyOptions.Default);
DataRow dr;
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
DataColumn dc;
try
{
dc = dt.Columns.Add("Availability", typeof(decimal));
€¦.
dr["Availability"] = Convert.ToDecimal(s[2]); ------ I tried SqlDecimal
€¦€¦€¦.
}
bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = "dbo.[Tbl_Fact_App_Server_AvailPerMinute]";
bulkCopy.WriteToServer(dt);
thx
Implement Time Interval Type In Form Of User Defined Type
Dec 7, 2011Implement time interval type in the form of a user defined type in SS2k8r2? Specifically an interval type described in the book Temporal Data and the Relational Model by C. J. Date at all. As an example, an interval is below:
1/4/2006:1/10/2006
which would mean the time period from 1/4 to 1/10.
Bulk Insert Task Failing On Data Type Conversion For A Destination Column Of Type Bit
Jul 6, 2006I am trying to use the Bulk Insert Task to load from a csv file. My final column is a bit that is nullable. My file is an ID column that is int, a date column that is mm/dd/yyy, then 20 columns that are real, and a final column that is bit. I've tried various combinations of codepage and datafiletype on my task component. When I have RAW with Char, I get the error included below. If I change to RAW/Native or codepage 1252, I don't have an issue with the bit; however, errors start generating on the ID and date columns.
I have tried various data type settings on my flat file connection, too. I have tried DT_BOOL and the integer datatypes. Nothing seems to work.
I hope someone can help me work through this.
Thanks in advance,
SK
SSIS package "Package3.dtsx" starting.
Error: 0xC002F304 at Bulk Insert Task, Bulk Insert Task: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 24. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 23 (cancelled).".
Error: 0xC002F304 at Bulk Insert Task 1, Bulk Insert Task: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 24. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 23 (cancelled).".
Task failed: Bulk Insert Task 1
Task failed: Bulk Insert Task
Warning: 0x80019002 at Package3: The Execution method succeeded, but the number of errors raised (2) reached the maximum allowed (1); resulting in failure. This occurs when the number of errors reaches the number specified in MaximumErrorCount. Change the MaximumErrorCount or fix the errors.
SSIS package "Package3.dtsx" finished: Failure.
Msg 6522, Level 16, State 2, Line 1: System.InvalidCastException: Conversion From Type 'SqlBoolean' To Type 'Boolean' Is Not Val
Mar 6, 2008I created a function called Temperature in VB to be used as a UDF in SQL2005. I get the error listed below. Any thoughts?
CREATE FUNCTION Temperature(@FluidName SQL_variant, @InpCode SQL_variant, @Units SQL_variant, @Prop1 SQL_variant, @Prop2 SQL_variant)
RETURNS Float
AS EXTERNAL NAME Fluids_VB6.[Fluids_VB6.FluidProperties.Fluids].Temperature
Then ran function:
select dbo.temperature('R22','t','e','225.6','0')
Got this:
Msg 6522, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
A .NET Framework error occurred during execution of user defined routine or aggregate 'Temperature':
System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from type 'SqlBoolean' to type 'Boolean' is not valid.
System.InvalidCastException:
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToBoolean(Object Value)
at Fluids_VB6.FluidProperties.Fluids.Setup(Object& FluidName)
at Fluids_VB6.FluidProperties.Fluids.CalcSetup(Object& FluidName, Object& InpCode, Object& Units, Object& Prop1, Object& Prop2)
at Fluids_VB6.FluidProperties.Fluids.CalcProp(Object& FluidName, Object& InpCode, Object& Units, Object& Prop1, Object& Prop2)
at Fluids_VB6.FluidProperties.Fluids.Temperature(Object FluidName, Object InpCode, Object Units, Object Prop1, Object Prop2)
Thanks
Buck
Conversion From Type 'SqlInt32' To Type 'Integer' Is Not Valid]
Jun 30, 2007Hi all,
I am developing ASP.NET 1.1 application using VB.NET & SQL Server, on my machine I am using SQL Server 2000, and everything is working just fine.
The problem appears when I uploaded the site to the Host, they are using SQL Server 2005, is there any reason for this, I am using casting in the code, and I am sure there is something wrong with the hosting settings.
Any suggestions.
Best Regards
Wafi Mohtaseb
Conversion From Type 'DBNull' To Type 'String' Is Not Valid
Mar 7, 2008Hello Friends
How are you?? Friends i am getting problem in SQL Server 2005. I am deployng web application on production server as well as Databse also. In production server i inserted new field in all tables which is rowguid and its type is uniqueidentifier. The default binding for this field is newsequentialid(). In some pages it works ok but in some places it generates error like 'Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid'. Can anybody help me to solve this problem. Its urgent so plz reply me as soon as possible. I'll be very thankfull to you. Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
I Really Need A Debate! Type - Attributes Vs Super Type - Sub Types
Apr 22, 2004I have extensively revied both of the design methodologies and I cannot come up with a single clear reason to use one over the other!
Type - Attributes is where you have a table holding the type categories, type, a table holding the type attributes expected and then a table holding the type attribute value:
tbAutombbileCategories
CategoryID | Category
-------------------------------
1 | Car
2 | Truck
3 | Motorcycle
tbAutomobileAttributes
AttributeID | fkCategoryID | Attribute
-------------------------------------------
1 | 1 (car) | Doors
2 | 2 (truck) | Cab
3 | 2 (truck) | Capacity
tbAutomobile
VIN | Category | Make | Model
-------------------------------------
1 | 1 | Honda | Accord
2 | 2 | Ford | F150
tbAutomobileAttributeValues
fkVIN | fkAttributeID | Value
---------------------------------
1 | 1 | 2
2 | 1 | 0
2 | 2 | 1000
Now the above sure is flexible in the sence that a type of automobile can be added without affecting the database schema, but was if some attributes do not take a numeric value? How do you handle computations on attributes specific attributes? Why would I use this structure as opposed to the super type - sub type as shown below?
tbCategories
CategoryID | Category
--------------------------
1 | Cars
2 | Trucks
tbAutomobile (Super Type)
VIN | fkCategoryID | Make | Model
-------------------------------------
1 | 1 |Honda | Accord
tbCars
fkVIN | Doors |
-----------------
1 | 2
tbTrucks
fkVIN | Cab | Capacity
---------------------------
2 | 0 | 1000
Now, adding new sub types probably isn't very flexible but, now you can specify data types for each attribute instead of using sql_variant, which by the documentation cannot be used in aggregate functions and may render poor result when used with ADO.
Regardless of the method used, alot of back end coding is required for computations, what table to send the attributes, etc...
Can anyone please help me clarify. What method is best and why. So far I am leaning for option 2. More work but seems to be more flexible in the sence of customization of each datatype.
E.G., what if you wanted to specify attributes about the cap that can be supplied to trucks?
tbTrucks
fkVIN | Cab | Capacity | fkCapID
--------------------------------------
2 | Y | 1000 | 1
tbCaps
CapID | Vendor | Price | et....
Any thoughts at all? I thought this would have been a pretty damn hot topic!
Mike B
Connection Type Limitations When Using XML Data Type In SQL Task
Jul 23, 2007I'm trying to use the SSIS Execute SQL Task to pull XML from a SQL 2005 database table. The SQL is of the following form:
SELECT
(
SELECT
MT.MessageId 'MessageId',
MT.MessageType 'MessageType',
FROM MessageTable MT
ORDER BY MT.messageid desc
FOR XML PATH('MessageStatus'), TYPE
)
FOR XML PATH('Report'), TYPE
For some reason I can only get this query to work if I use an ADO.NET connection type. If I try to use something like the OLEDB connection I get the following error:
<ROOT><?MSSQLError HResult="0x80004005" Source="Microsoft XML Extensions to SQL Server" Description="No description provided"?></ROOT>
Can anyone tell me why the SELECT ... FOR XML PATH... seems only to work with ADO.NET connections?
Thanks
Walter
CREATE TYPE Failed Because It Could Not Find Type
Jul 28, 2006Hello --
I am having a UDT problem. When I run the Create Type command. I receive the "could not find type" error. I have seen other posts on here related to the default namespace in VB.NET. When I add the namespace I receive "Incorrect syntax near '.'." What is the format of the EXTERNAL NAME parameter. Thanks for any help. Code below...
Incorrect Syntax Error:
DROP ASSEMBLY CadSqlUdtsCREATE ASSEMBLY CadSqlUdtsAUTHORIZATION [dbo]FROM 'E:CAD.NETCADUDTsReleaseCadSqlUdts.dll'WITH PERMISSION_SET = SAFEGOCREATE TYPE dbo.ReportingAreaUDTEXTERNAL NAME CadSqlUdts.[CadSqlUdts.CadSqlUdts].ReportingAreaUDT;GO
Could Not Find Type Error:
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SqlDataSource.Select Error: Unable To Cast Object Of Type 'System.Data.DataView' To Type 'System.String'.
Oct 19, 2006I am trying to put the data from a field in my database into a row in a table using the SQLDataSource.Select statement. I am using the following code: FileBase.SelectCommand = "SELECT Username FROM Files WHERE Filename = '" & myFileInfo.FullName & "'" myDataRow("Username") = CType(FileBase.Select(New DataSourceSelectArguments()), String)But when I run the code, I get the following error:Server Error in '/YorZap' Application. Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.DataView' to type 'System.String'. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.DataView' to type 'System.String'.Source Error: Line 54: FileBase.SelectCommand = "SELECT Username FROM Files WHERE Filename = '" & myFileInfo.FullName & "'"
Line 55: 'myDataRow("Username") = CType(FileBase.Select(New DataSourceSelectArguments).GetEnumerator.Current, String)
Line 56: myDataRow("Username") = CType(FileBase.Select(New DataSourceSelectArguments()), String)
Line 57:
Line 58: filesTable.Rows.Add(myDataRow)Source File: D:YorZapdir_list_sort.aspx Line: 56 Stack Trace: [InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.DataView' to type 'System.String'.]
ASP.dir_list_sort_aspx.BindFileDataToGrid(String strSortField) in D:YorZapdir_list_sort.aspx:56
ASP.dir_list_sort_aspx.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:YorZapdir_list_sort.aspx:7
System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +13
System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +45
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +80
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +49
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3743
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210 Please help me!
Unable To Cast COM Object Of Type 'System.__ComObject' To Class Type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConn
May 17, 2006Dear all,
I am stuck with a SSIS package and I can€™t work out. Let me know what steps are the correct in order to solve this.
At first I have just a Flat File Source and then Script Component, nothing else.
Error:
[Script Component [516]] Error: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to class type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection'. Instances of types that represent COM components cannot be cast to types that do not represent COM components; however they can be cast to interfaces as long as the underlying COM component supports QueryInterface calls for the IID of the interface. at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ScriptComponentHost.HandleUserException(Exception e) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ScriptComponentHost.AcquireConnections(Object transaction) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ManagedComponentHost.HostAcquireConnections(IDTSManagedComponentWrapper90 wrapper, Object transaction)
Script Code (from Script Component):
' Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services user script component
' This is your new script component in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
' ScriptMain is the entrypoint class for script components
Imports System
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper
Public Class ScriptMain
Inherits UserComponent
Dim nDTS As IDTSConnectionManager90
Dim sqlConnecta As SqlConnection
Dim sqlComm As SqlCommand
Dim sqlParam As SqlParameter
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
Dim valorColumna As String
Dim valorColumna10 As Double
valorColumna = Row.Column9.Substring(1, 1)
If valorColumna = "N" Then
valorColumna10 = -1 * CDbl(Row.Column10 / 100)
Else
valorColumna10 = CDbl(Row.Column10 / 100)
End If
Me.Output0Buffer.PORCRETEN = CDbl(Row.Column11 / 100)
Me.Output0Buffer.IMPRETEN = CDbl(Row.Column12 / 100)
Me.Output0Buffer.EJERCICIO = CInt(Row.Column2)
Me.Output0Buffer.CODPROV = CInt(Row.Column7)
Me.Output0Buffer.MODALIDAD = CInt(Row.Column8)
Me.Output0Buffer.NIFPERC = CStr(Row.Column3)
Me.Output0Buffer.NIFREP = CStr(Row.Column4)
Me.Output0Buffer.NOMBRE = CStr(Row.Column6)
Me.Output0Buffer.EJERDEV = CDbl(Row.Column13)
With sqlComm
.Parameters("@Ejercicio").Value = CInt(Row.Column2)
.Parameters("@NIFPerc").Value = CStr(Row.Column3)
.Parameters("@NIFReP").Value = CStr(Row.Column4)
.Parameters("@Nombre").Value = CStr(Row.Column6)
.Parameters("@CodProv").Value = CInt(Row.Column7)
.Parameters("@Modalidad").Value = CInt(Row.Column8)
.Parameters("@ImpBase").Value = valorColumna10
.Parameters("@PorcReten").Value = CDbl(Row.Column11 / 100)
.Parameters("@ImpReten").Value = CDbl(Row.Column12 / 100)
.Parameters("@EjerDev").Value = CDbl(Row.Column13)
.ExecuteNonQuery()
End With
End Sub
Public Overrides Sub AcquireConnections(ByVal Transaction As Object)
Dim nDTS As IDTSConnectionManager90 = Me.Connections.TablaMODELO80
sqlConnecta = CType(nDTS.AcquireConnection(Nothing), SqlConnection)
End Sub
Public Overrides Sub PreExecute()
sqlComm = New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO hac_modelo180(Ejercicio,NIFPerc,NIFReP,Nombre,CodProv,Modalidad,ImpBase,PorcReten,ImpReten,EjerDev) " & _
"VALUES(@Ejercicio,@NIFPerc,@NIFReP,@Nombre,@CodProv,@Modalidad,@ImpBase,@PorcReten,@ImpReten,@EjerDev)", sqlConnecta)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@Ejercicio", Data.SqlDbType.SmallInt)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@NIFPerc", Data.SqlDbType.Char)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@NIFReP", Data.SqlDbType.Char)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@Nombre", Data.SqlDbType.VarChar)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@CodProv", Data.SqlDbType.TinyInt)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@Modalidad", Data.SqlDbType.SmallInt)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@ImpBase", Data.SqlDbType.Decimal)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@PorcReten", Data.SqlDbType.Decimal)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@ImpReten", Data.SqlDbType.Decimal)
sqlComm.parameters.add(sqlParam)
sqlParam = New SqlParameter("@EjerDev", Data.SqlDbType.Decimal)
sqlComm.Parameters.Add(sqlParam)
End Sub
Public Sub New()
End Sub
Public Overrides Sub ReleaseConnections()
nDts.ReleaseConnection(sqlConnecta)
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub Finalize()
MyBase.Finalize()
End Sub
End Class
Thanks a lot for your help
@PARAM1 : Unable To Cast Object Of Type 'System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlInt32 To Type System.IConvertable
Apr 23, 2007I get the following message in the vs2005 querybuilder when i do a preview:
***********************************
SQL Execution Error.
Executed SQL statement: SELECT Schoolindex, Variant, VVSchool, [index], indincl, VVRuimtes, School FROM School WHERE (Schoolindex = @PARAM1)
Error Source: SQL Server Compact Edition ADO.NET Data Provider
Error Message: @PARAM1 : Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlInt32 to type System.IConvertable'.
****************************************
The same querypreview works fine without the parameter:
SELECT Schoolindex, Variant, VVSchool, [index], indincl, VVRuimtes, School FROM School WHERE (Schoolindex = 186)
Can anybody tell me why this is?
And tell me a way to get the tableadapter working?
Anne-Jan Tuinstra
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Line 14: If li.Selected Then
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Line 16: InsertClientCompanyType.InsertParameters("ClientID") = ViewState("ClientID")
Line 17:
Line 18:
Source File: C:InetpubwwwrootIntranetExternalAppsNewEmploymentClientNewClient.aspx.vb Line: 16
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Protected Sub InsertNewClient_Inserted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SqlDataSourceStatusEventArgs)ClientID.Text = e.Command.Parameters("@ClientID").Value.ToString()ViewState("ClientID") = e.Command.Parameters("@ClientID").Value.ToString()End SubProtected Sub Submit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Submit.ClickInsertNewClient.Insert()For Each li As ListItem In CompanyTypeID.Items
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Unable to cast COM object of type 'ADODB.CommandClass' to interface type 'ADODB._Command'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{B08400BD-F9D1-4D02-B856-71D5DBA123E9}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{B08400BD-F9D1-4D02-B856-71D5DBA123E9}]
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{B08400BD-F9D1-4D02-B856-71D5DBA123E9}ProxyStubClsid]
@="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{B08400BD-F9D1-4D02-B856-71D5DBA123E9}ProxyStubClsid32]
@="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInterface{B08400BD-F9D1-4D02-B856-71D5DBA123E9}TypeLib]
@="{EF53050B-882E-4776-B643-EDA472E8E3F2}"
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesInterface{B08400BD-F9D1-4D02-B856-71D5DBA123E9}]
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@="{EF53050B-882E-4776-B643-EDA472E8E3F2}"
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All three machines are running Windows 2000.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ross
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